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Intentional effort to remove Dinky canopy went awry, contractor says; council calls for full investigation

Intentional effort to remove Dinky canopy went awry, contractor says; council calls for full investigation

Patience Haggin

The collapse of the old Dinky station’s overhead canopy on Thursday was the result of an intentional effort to remove the awning, a spokesman for the University’s contractor working on the project, Turner Construction Company, said Monday.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

In installation, Eisgruber argues liberal arts education is worth the cost

Teddy Schleifer

As Kathryn Hall ’80 stepped forward to deliver the opening remarks for the installation of Christopher Eisgruber ’83, the man of the hour grabbed her arm and pointed at a chair. Should he remain standing as she spoke or sit in the outsized wooden throne on the Nassau Hall stage, Eisgruber seemed to ask, as 1,200 audience members laughed. Hall, the chair of the Board of Trustees, motioned for him to sit.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

One year after freshman Greek ban, Class of 2016 recruits "more self-selective" and rush-savvy

Elizabeth Paul

The Class of 2016 will get its first chance to rush fraternities and sororities next month, as the first class to do so under the administration’s ban on freshman participation in Greek activities. Presidents of Greek organizations say the ban has had a noticeable impact on this year’s class of pledges, increasing students’ interest in Greek life and attracting a more dedicated rush-savvy class of recruits.Sorority recruitment will begin on Monday, Sept.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

News & Notes: Colleges may continue to pay international recruiters on commission, but under new guidelines

Daily Princetonian Staff

The National Association for College Admission Counseling approved a new set of guidelines under which U.S.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

As part of expanding neuroscience program, new complex to open next semester

Greta Shum

Construction of the University’s new neuroscience and psychology complex, Peretsman-Scully Hall, is slated to be completed by Nov.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

Bagneris ’15 voted to replace Davoudiasl as Class of 2015 senator

Anna Mazarakis

The USG voted unanimously to appoint Mariana Bagneris ’15 as the new Class of 2015 senator at the first meeting of the year Sunday evening.Bagneris will fill the Class of 2015 senate seat that was vacated by Deana Davoudiasl, who stepped down from the position in order to take the semester off. After USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 sent an email to the Class of 2015 last Monday advertising the opening, nine students applied for the position, he said.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

News & Notes: Sikh Columbia professor attacked in possible hate crime

Daily Princetonian Staff

Columbia University professor Prabhjot Singh was assaulted Saturday night, Reuters reported. The New York Police Department is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, The Huffington Post reported. Singh, a Sikh, has a beard and wears a turban.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

News & Notes: Harvard launches $6.5 billion fundraising campaign

Daily Princetonian Staff

Harvard announced on Saturday its first major fundraising campaign in over a decade. With a $6.5 billion target,the push is believed to be the largest campaign ever by a university, according toReuters. According to the university, roughly 45 percent of the funds will go toward teaching and research, a quarter will be allotted to financial aid and student life, 20 percent to building projects and 10 percent to flexible funding.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

Mass. governor Deval Patrick to speak at Whig-Clio

Daily Princetonian Staff

Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick will speak at the American Whig-Cliosophic Society at12 p.m.

NEWS | 09/20/2013

Wilson School adds nine research seminars among host of changes to curriculum

Angela Wang

After switching to a nonselective admission process last year, the Woodrow Wilson School admitted a record 163 students from the Class of 2015 and has introduced a number of changes to the school’s curriculum, among them the addition of nine new skills-based research seminars that will replace one of the two previously mandatory task forces. Previously, all juniors in the Wilson School were required to participate in a policy task force each semester and wrote their junior papers in tandem with the task force.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

Continuing 265-year tradition, Eisgruber ’83 to be installed Sunday

Teddy Schleifer

On a Saturday in Newark in November 1748, Aaron Burr Sr. transitioned into his new role as University president with a flair: speaking for 45 minutes in Latin from memory. Two hundred and sixty-five years later and 40 miles farther south, Christopher Eisgruber ’83 follows in Burr’s footsteps. This Sunday, the University will formally install Eisgruber as the University’s 20th president in a ceremony that dates back to Burr’s time as the second president of the College of New Jersey, Princeton’s original name.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

News & Notes: Town to pay for Dudeck’s legal fees

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

The town of Princeton announced Thursday that it will pay for the legal defense of Former Princeton police chief David Dudeck, against whom a suit has been filed by seven police officers over numerous allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination throughout his tenure as Chief of the Borough department and subsequently of the consolidated police department, The Princeton Packet reported. Town attorney Edwin W.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

University contracts Isaacson, Miller to search for Burstein’s successor

James Evans

The University continues to search for its next executive vice president, following the departure of former Executive Vice President Mark Burstein at the end of the last academic year. Burstein was named the President of Lawrence University in December 2012 and assumed the post on July 1.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

News & Notes: Daily Meal names U. one of 60 Best Colleges for Food in America

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University was named number 19 on the Daily Meal's list of 60 Best Colleges for Food in America. Bowdoin College took the top spot, followed by Washington University in St.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

Undergraduate charged with drug possession had ecstasy, Prosecutor’s Office says

Marcelo Rochabrun

The undergraduate student charged this month with possession of illegal drugs by the University’s Department of Public Safety was found to have ecstasy, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. University officials did not publicly disclose the type of drug after the Sept.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

News & Notes: Dismantling of former Princeton Hospital to begin next month

Catherine Ku

Developer AvalonBay will begin to dismantle the former Princeton Hospital next month when it starts removing underground fuel tanks, the Princeton Packet reported. Following a Sept.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

Dinky station canopy collapses onto track bed

Patience Haggin

The Dinky train station’s overhead canopy collapsed and fell onto the track bed at around 4:25 p.m.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

No-P/D/F policy rescinded for COS 126, remains for COS 217, 226

Elizabeth Paul

Following the adoption of a no-pass/D/fail policy for COS 126, 217 and 226 last spring, the computer science department has now reinstated the P/D/F option for COS 126: General Computer Science. In May, a couple months after the policy was announced, Dean of the College Valerie Smith and Dean of the Faculty David Dobkinapproached Andrew Appel '81, computer science department chair, and requested that the department reconsider its implementation of a no-P/D/F policy for COS 126, Appel said. Smith and Dobkin “requested that we reconsider and offered to help in various resource constraints we were running up against,” Appel explained. William O.

NEWS | 09/19/2013

RCAs use new U.-issued credit cards for easy reimbursements

Daniel Johnson

In addition to their yearly training before students arrive on campus in the fall, the University’s residential college advisers learned they would be participating in another University program this year — a credit card initiative.

NEWS | 09/18/2013

"People who blew Princeton" exchange stories in anonymous support group

Anna Mazarakis

“After having severe depression my freshman year that resulted in failing a class, I am so scared to go back to school.

NEWS | 09/18/2013

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